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| HMS Prince of Wales |
| HMS Prince of Wales (King George V Class) | ||
| General Details | ||
| Nationality | British | |
| Type | Battleship | |
| Builder | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead. United Kingdom | |
| Laid down | 2 January 1937 | |
| Launched | 3 May 1939 | |
| Commissioned | 31 March 1941 | |
| Fate | Hit and sunk by 4 torpedoes from Japanese land based planes 10 December 1941 off Kuantan, Malaya in South China Sea (3º33,6'N, 104º28,7'E). Prince of Wales was at the time she was lost in company of Repulse (Force Z) | |
| Displacement | ||
| Standard | 35,000 tons | |
| Full Load | 44,650-45,360 tons | |
| Dimensions | ||
| Lenght (waterline) | 739.8' (225.5 m) | |
| Lenght (Overall) | 745.1' (227 m) | |
| Beam | 103.0' (31.4 m) | |
| Draft | 27.5' (8.4 m) (Avg) 35.5' (10.8 m) (Max) |
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| Armament | ||
| Main Battery | 10 x 14" (356 mm)/45 cal Mk VII 8 in two quad. turrets 2 in one dual turret |
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| Secondary Battery | 16 x 5.25" (133 mm)/50 cal Mk I in 8 twin turrets 4 port 4 starboard |
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| AA | 32-48 x 2pdr. Mk VIII pompoms Various amounts of 40 mm/56 cal Bofors Up to 18 x 20 mm/65 cal Oerlikons |
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| Torpedoes | N/A | |
| Radars | ||
| Air Search | Type 279 | |
| Surface Search | N/A | |
| Fire Control | Type 284 gunfire control Type 285 anti-aircraft control |
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| Aircraft | ||
| Fixed Wing | Up to 4 aircraft w/ hangar (converted to movie theater 1943) | |
| Armour | ||
| Main Belt | 15.4" (391 mm) midship 5"-7" (127-178 mm)ends |
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| Lower Belt | 3" (76 mm) | |
| Deck | Up to 7" (178 mm) all together | |
| Turrets | 16" (406 mm) face 11"-12" (279-305 mm) sides |
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| Barbettes | Up to 16" (406 mm) | |
| Conning Tower | 15" (381 mm) | |
| Propulsion | ||
| Boilers | 8 Admiralty 3 drum type (300 psi working pressure) | |
| Turbines | 4 Parsins single reduction geared turbines | |
| Horsepower | 110,000 shp | |
| Shafts | 4 | |
| Endurance | 15,000 nm at 10 knts 6,300 nm at 20 knts 3,200 nm at 27 knts |
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| Max Speed | 27.5 knts 29.2 knts achieved on trials |
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| Oil Bunkerage | 3,842 tons oil | |
| Complement | ||
| Usual | 1,530-1,900 | |
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